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In Depth

Todd Solomon predicted that if the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act holds that same-sex marriages are invalid in states that don't recognize them, same-sex married couples will migrate to the nine states (and the District of Columbia) that allow the unions, since Social Security, tax and other federal benefits are at stake. In such instances, he added, employees in same-sex marriages may sue employers if they deny certain benefits to their spouses.